Online gift trading is booming! Around 69% of Germans buy their Christmas presents online, according to a survey of 2,500 consumers. You can find out what advantages online ordering brings here!
Online trading is ruining everything, we often hear from local store owners. On the one hand, that sounds right, but on the other hand, consumer needs are changing enormously, especially these days, and these are often not served by conventional stores. But what about Christmas time? A quarter of Germans still rely on local shops and get a bit of Christmas spirit by strolling through the pedestrian zone. Customers can take their favorite Christmas presents with them straight away, don't have to wait for delivery and even get them personal customer service is also provided. But what does it look like online?
Would you rather buy Christmas presents online or offline?
Some gift online shops, such as ideas in boxes, also offer personal customer service. Here the customer can get advice or inspiration from an employee via live chat. The service is as extensive as it is local, except that communication is not face to face, but digital and in text form. This may even be of benefit to many, because if we're honest, especially during the Christmas season, we often shy away from contact with employees of local stores, from whom the Christmas business demands all their capacity.
Gift idea for Christmas
A stylish Bluetooth speaker from KREAFUNK, packed in high-quality packaging from ideas in boxes. A Christmas present that easily meets the high quality standards.
When the offline world simply becomes too stressful
So where is the added value and the real reason to still buy Christmas presents offline? No question, the idea of strolling through the city center and putting a nice Christmas present in your shopping bag here and there is really romantic. But what does it look like in practice? Overcrowded cities, bad-tempered and overwhelmed staff and long queues at the checkout. BUT: You can take your Christmas present straight home with you. Or you can carry your full, heavy bags halfway across the city, onto the train or to the car, if you have found a parking space at the other end of the city.
It's even more stressful on the weekend, so a visit to the Christmas-decorated city center is probably on a day during the week. However, everyone can imagine for themselves how much fun it is to frantically get Christmas presents.
The Christmas season starts earlier and earlier
It's the beginning of October, the shelves in the stores are decorated for Christmas and the first chocolate Santa Clauses and Christmas items are available. It feels like the Christmas season is starting earlier and earlier. And the hunt for Christmas presents online begins months before the holiday.
Online trading is to blame!
More than 27% of Germans look for Christmas presents online at the beginning of September. The reason for this is, among other things, the online shops that are now continuously advertising their Christmas products months before the festival. Special promotions such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday or other discount campaigns and sales also contribute to Christmas gifts being bought online earlier and earlier.
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Buying Christmas presents online – so easy and yet problematic?
Over 50% of Germans complain about long delivery times when ordering online. These often result from customers ordering shortly before the deadline and online shops no longer being able to cope with the order volume. And the shipping companies are also operating at the edge of their capacities. However, anyone who orders before or at the beginning of December should be spared from this. In addition: In recent years, online retail and shipping companies have perfected themselves and arranged the logistics in such a way that customers sometimes order until December 22nd and have the order delivered on time for the festival.
Weihnachtsgeschenke kauft man heutzutage online über das Smartphone
Trust is everything
“We used to have concerns about ordering online. The danger was far too great that payment by bank transfer would end up in the account of a corrupt online retailer without anything in return. Today everything is different! Germans order via smartphone, PayPal, credit card, Klarna or, more recently, Apple Pay. These payment options all have one thing in common: they are secure and include customer protection. In addition, online shops receive trust through customer reviews which, for example, are certified by Trusted Shops and are therefore credible.
On the journey from Hamburg to Berlin, get all the Christmas presents
Times have become fast and stressful. The job demands a lot from us and we try to keep our evenings free. Free from all to-dos and obligations. In return, we use trips and breaks between appointments to spy on our smartphones, record information and order orders for everyday needs or gifts for celebrations and occasions. The smartphone is practical and indispensable in any situation.
Let's take the opportunity and browse through the huge range. on www.ideas-in-boxes.de we find an extra category just for Christmas. Here you can find a variety of Christmas gifts online, gift ideas for the holiday and the right packaging for everything. This makes it easy to order a nice Christmas present for your wife, girlfriend or the whole family on the way from Berlin. If you don't want to pay the entire amount straight away, you can conveniently order on account.
3 reasons for you to buy Christmas gifts online
- Time: You can reach your goal faster online because the products are well categorized and even though the range is huge, you can quickly find what you are looking for. You can usually simply use the search function to do this. If you're just looking for inspiration, there are usually extra categories or subpages that provide you with plenty of Christmas gift ideas.
- Selection / range: The selection is significantly larger than that of local retailers, because an online shop does not have to operate a showroom, but can simply store the goods in packaging. Plus, you don't have to browse through ten different stores to find the right Christmas gifts.
- Stress factor: Finally no more stress! You don't have to wait in line or carry heavy shopping bags home to order online. You can simply put everything in your shopping cart online, pay with just a few clicks and wait for delivery.
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